Yahoo!'s Top 10 Women of 2008

Yahoo! Buzz highlighted 10 women for their 2008 Year in Review section. Check it out! http://buzz.yahoo.com/yearinreview2008/women/

Women of the Year from Glamour Magazine

Check out Glamour Magazine's 2008 Women of the Year Awards!: http://www.glamour.com/women-of-the-year.

The Girl Effect

Watch this fantastic video!

Write Across the World Magazine

One project we did this year was an online collaboration with girls in Pakistan. The result of this email exchange was a magazine, written and edited by girls in the U.S. and Pakistan. Check it out!

http://www.freewebs.com/uswhp/writeacrosstheworld.htm

One Is Greater Than None

Check out this organization called One is Greater than None, a project started by eight 14-year-old girls to raise money for kids in Africa through bracelet-making: http://www.oneisgreaterthannone.org/.

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Scout Bassett

National Geographic Kids has a wealth of cool articles. Check out this inspiring story about physically disabled athlete Scout Bassett, a teenager who show people that anything is possible.

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One is Greater than None

Check out this wonderful project, started by 8 14-year-old girls. It's called One is Greater than None, and the girls raised money and awareness to save impoverished kids in Ghana, Africa from abuse. Visit their website at http://www.oneisgreaterthannone.org/.

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Happy Valentine's Day!

As part of their Valentine's celebrations, the National Organization of Women is promoting "Love Your Body" Day. They say
"Whether single or in a relationship, Valentine's Day and every day is the right day to love yourself. Take Action NOW! Join the fight against negative self-image promoted by mainstream media. Take our Valentine's Day Love Your Body quiz and spread the love by forwarding it on to other women for Valentine's Day, and always - LOVE YOUR BODY!"

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Girl Power!

Take a look at the Girl Power! Campaign website! It is "the national public education campaign sponsored by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to help encourage and motivate 9- to 13- year-old girls to make the most of their lives. Girls at 8 or 9 typically have very strong attitudes about their health, so Girl Power! seeks to reinforce and sustain these positive values among girls ages 9-13 by targeting health messages to the unique needs, interests, and challenges of girls."

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Youth Leadership and Black History Month

February 1st marks the beginning of Youth Leadership Month and Black History Month! (Check out these links: http://www.factmonster.com/spot/bhm1.html and http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/black_history/index.htm.)

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P.S. Take a look at this website: The Political Voices of Women: Opinion and Commentary of Over 200 Women Political Bloggers .

The Little Mermaid on B'way

Disney's "The Little Mermaid" is now on Broadway! The show opened on January 10th, 2008. Meet the leading ladies at these links! Sierra Boggess stars as Ariel: see a fun feature here and a video interview here. Plus, meet Sherie Rene Scott, who plays the evil sea witch Ursula--check out an interview with her here or a video interview here. Find out more about the show here: http://disney.go.com/theatre/thelittlemermaid/index.html.

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You go, girls!

Check out this newspiece from Scholastic: http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3748500. This is an inspiring story about girls making headway into math and science careers and research. "For the first time in the history of the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology, girls walked away with top honors in both individual and team categories." Three girls: (all high school seniors) Janelle Schlossberger and Amanda Marinoff of New York and Isha Himani Jain of Pennsylvania. The kids did science projects about drub-resistant tuberculosis and bone growth. Read the article for more details! Congratulations, girls!

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